Jonah Lehrer reviews recent findings on "social contagion" and obesity: It turns out that the habits of others shape our own, that we unconsciously regress to the dietary norms around us. Because we’re not particularly good at noticing when we’re sated and full – the stomach is a crude sensory organ – we rely on … Continue reading Stick with the winners
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Hepatitis C cure?
This is very exciting news. The cocktails consist of two new drugs: boceprevir from Merck & Co., and telaprevir from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Each is paired with two drugs used to treat hepatitis C for more than a decade -- interferon and ribavirin. Although interferon and ribavirin have worked in some people, thousands took the drugs … Continue reading Hepatitis C cure?
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